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Gospel for Thursday of the 6th Week in Ordinary Time I

Mark 8:27-33

Summary: Jesus asked his disciples who people said he was, and Peter declared him as the Messiah. Jesus taught them about his coming suffering and death. When Peter objected, Jesus rebuked him for thinking like humans.

Gospel Acclamation: Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life; you have the words of everlasting life. (John 6:63c, 68c)

Peter Declares Jesus as the Christ

Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” They said in reply, “John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Christ.”

Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.

He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this, he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”

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